Yesterday our latest test bike showed up ready for its Spoke beatdown. As you can see it's something totally new to New Zealand and that is the Lapierre brand. Our Zesty 314 test bike is part of a small shipment that has shown up prior to the main range of bikes, so don't go rushing into stores just yet (you can email Lapierre here to find out who will be stocking them and when). Anyhow the 140mm travel Zesty is one of Lapierre's two all round trail bikes, the 160mm travel Spicy is the other. The Zesty comes in five models ranging from the full carbon blinged out 914 model, down to the 214, we have the second from the bottom model the 314.

Much like the Specialized Pitch we reviewed recently, essentially you're getting the same frame as on the higher models with a slightly more thrifty build, surprisingly though the Zesty 314 build kit is reasonably sound. It's getting its first ride today so until then we can't really tell you much more about it, other that we are pretty dam excited to get this bike out on the trail and to finally see Lapierre bikes available in New Zealand.

After a sneak peak a few weeks back at EWS Whistler we finally get to see the all new Kona Process. There are three frames, two sizes and seven models to choose from and they will be at your local Kona dealer very soon